Climate Governance in Africa: A Handbook for Journalists

Published by Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa, this handbook offers insights and knowledge about climate governance issues affecting the African continent. It was produced to provide a quick reference for journalists on what are often complex climate governance issues and includes examples of news features that speak to these issues, highlighting why these stories work.

According to the publication, "understanding climate governance issues in Africa will help reporters to put a human face to their stories while addressing the often complex and technical issues surrounding the governance of climate change on the continent in the context of market mechanisms, policy mainstreaming, climate finance and gender. Reporters should also look out for the complexity in terms of costs and benefits, agendas and the multitude of gray areas and smokescreens that present themselves in the subject."
The handbook is divided into six sections:

• Section 1: Climate Change Governance - An Overview
• Section 2: Gender issues in climate change governance
• Section 3: Policy mainstreaming
• Section 4: Climate finance
• Section 5: Market-based mechanisms for climate change
• Section 6: Best practices in reporting climate change governance

Each section includes additional resources that can be accessed online for background research.